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Bernafon - Hearing Aids - April 2024

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Cleaning and Disinfecting Hearing Aids and Earmolds

A. U. Bankaitis, PhD, FAAA

September 19, 2005

Please tell me the best way to clean and disinfect hearing aids? And, what can you tell me about the transmission of disease via hearing aids? Thanks.   Read More


Advantages and Disadvantages of Insert Earphones with Pediatric Fittings

Richard Seewald, PhD

September 12, 2005

I am aware of many benefits of using insert earphones with children and with patients of all ages. My employer is concerned that threshold information obtained with inserts in small ear canals may not...   Read More

   


Response Latency for Dix-Hallpike

Alan L. Desmond, AuD

August 29, 2005

Is there any clinical significance as to the time of onset of the nystagmus and dizziness when doing the Hallpike for example, 10 seconds versus 40 seconds?   Read More


Causes of Retrograde Amnesia

Amy Ogburn Yeager, PhD

August 22, 2005

What are all the causes of retrograde amnesia?   Read More


Norms on Bone Conduction Tone Burst ABR

Roanne Karzon, PhD, CCC-A

August 15, 2005

Do you have any normative data on bone conduction tone burst ABR by frequency (500, 2,4k Hz) for diagnosing hearing loss in newborns? I need to build our own norms, but would like to see what others h...   Read More

  


Disproportionate NIHL Among Female Workers

Lee D. Hager

August 8, 2005

I review a large number of audiograms from industry. It seems there are a disproportional number of middle aged women with progressing mild-to-moderate, bilateral, flat sensorineural hearing loss. The...   Read More


Protocols for Sale of an Established Practice

Don W. Worthington, PhD

August 1, 2005

PART ONE: Are you aware of any published guidelines or protocolsregarding the closing /sale of an established diagnostic/dispensingprivate practice, specifically regarding notification of clients,main...   Read More


Spontaneous Nystagmus without Unilateral Weakness?

Henry Trahan, MCD

July 25, 2005

Is it possible to have a spontaneous nystagmus without a unilateral weakness?   Read More


Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials

Timothy Hain, MD

July 11, 2005

Question 1:What are the VEMP norms for latency and amplitude? Is there an interaural difference?Question 2:What is the appropriate CPT code for performing VEMP? Some audiologists are using the ABR cod...   Read More

 


Adaptive Signal Unification

Lorrie Scheller, MS

July 11, 2005

Please explain Adaptive Signal Unification and why it is important for Open Fitting   Read More


ENG with a Flat Tympanogram?

Henry Trahan, MCD

July 4, 2005

Would you complete an ENG if the patient has a flat tympanogram?   Read More


Bone Conduction Implants and Ossicular Continuity

Teri A. Hamill, PhD

July 4, 2005

If a potential candidate for a bone conduction implant does have a functioning ossicular chain, could they still be a candidate? When implanted, what are the down sides to having a bone conduction uni...   Read More

 


False Negatives with Screening OAE

Gerald Popelka, PhD

June 27, 2005

Are there false negatives with screening OAE and if so, what is the percentage and how does this occur?   Read More


Causes of Caloric Perversion

Alan L. Desmond, AuD

June 20, 2005

I would appreciate your insight regarding when a true caloric perversion exists. I have seen several instances where a vertical component is present while performing air calorics using videonystagmogr...   Read More


Is ECochG Necessary?

John A. Ferraro, PhD, MS, ASHA Fellow, FAAA

June 13, 2005

I have been doing ABR testing in our clinic for about 6 years. During this time, I have only done 2 or 3 ECOGS (with help). I have never had formal training in ECOG, but have now been asked by our ENT...   Read More


Use of CPT Code 92507 and TOS Codes

Debbie Abel, AuD

June 6, 2005

Part A:I have had difficulty with the code 92507, which I thought was to be used when hearing treatment/feedback/counseling was done. Is there a different code I should be using in lieu of this? Some...   Read More


Physician "Supervision" of Clinical Practice

Bryan Liang, MD, JD, PhD

June 6, 2005

My question is in regard to physician supervision and billing of insurance. I have seen organizations that bill services provided by audiologists and list a supervising physician on the claim. I would...   Read More


Compression Strategy of Syncro

Donald J. Schum, PhD

May 30, 2005

Can you tell me more about the compression strategy used in Syncro? How do I make it work best for the patient?   Read More


Asymmetric SP/AP Ratios

Gerald Church, PhD

May 30, 2005

In an ECochG an SP/AP ratio less than 50% is considered normal. I had a situation in which both the left ear and the right ear ratios were less than 50% but there was a large difference in the ratios...   Read More


Dizziness Caused by Amplification?

Gary Jacobson, PhD

May 23, 2005

A patient of mine has been using digital In-The-Ear hearing aids bilaterally for the past 6 months. He has previously used analog programmable In-The-Canal hearing aids bilaterally. Since he got fitte...   Read More


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